SPRING is definitely in the air for pupils who are eagerly awaiting the hatching of the latest additions to their Chester classroom.
Children from the Arches Primary School in Blacon are enjoying helping with the care of 10 baby chicks, four of which have already hatched.
The school has agreed to care for the chicks who will stay in the classroom for the next six weeks until they are ready to take their places in their new purpose-built pens in the Saughall Road school’s grounds.
Francis Ralph, for the school, said: “We have been given the chicks as part of the Living Eggs project which aims to teach children all about life cycles.
“The children here have been excitedly awaiting the hatching of each chick and cannot wait to help care for them as they grow.
“Once they are old enough the chickens will be put in to pens that we are in the process of building and the children will be able to collect the eggs from them when the time comes.”school’s grounds.
Francis Ralph, for the school, said: “We have been given the chicks as part of the Living Eggs project which aims to teach children all about life cycles.
“The children here have been excitedly awaiting the hatching of each chick and cannot wait to help care for them as they grow.
“Once they are old enough the chickens will be put in to pens that we are in the process of building and the children will be able to collect the eggs from them when the time comes.”